Sue Rezin
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Sue Rezin
|image =
|state_senate = Illinois
|district = 38th
|term_start = December 14, 2010
|term_end =
|predecessor = Gary G. Dahl
|successor =
|birth_name = Susan Marie Schipper
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|8|9}}
|birth_place = Geneseo, Illinois, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|spouse = Keith Rezin
|children = 4
|website = https://senatorrezin.com
|education = Augustana College (BA)
}}
Sue Rezin is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 38th district since her appointment in December 2010. The 38th district includes Bureau, Putnam, LaSalle, Grundy, and Kendall counties in north central Illinois.{{Cite web |url=http://elections.il.gov/Downloads/VotingInformation/PDF/2011Districts/2011SenDist38.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-03 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084756/http://elections.il.gov/Downloads/VotingInformation/PDF/2011Districts/2011SenDist38.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Early and personal life
Susan M. Rezin was born October 27, 1962. She was raised on a farm near Geneseo, Illinois.{{cite interview|last=Rezin|first=Sue|title=10 Questions with state Sen. Sue Rezin|interviewer=Antonio Young|publisher=The Daily Journal|location=Kankakee, Illinois|date=December 18, 2010|access-date=August 20, 2024|url=https://daily-journal.com/news/local/10-questions-with-state-sen-sue-rezin/article_b47e140c-184e-5e8c-b031-ae5eef463756.html}} She is a graduate of Augustana College, and managed her family’s real estate business. Rezin and her husband, Keith, have four children. They reside in Morris, Illinois.{{cite book|editor-last=White|editor-first=Jesse|title=Illinois Blue Book 2011-2012|page=97|url=http://cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/legbios.pdf|access-date=October 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015094922/http://cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/legbios.pdf|url-status=unfit|archive-date=October 15, 2012}}
Illinois Senate
In the 2010 general election, Rezin defeated incumbent Democratic legislator Careen Gordon to serve from the 75th district in the 97th Illinois General Assembly.{{cite news|last=Stout|first=Steve|url=http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=421412 |title=Roth ready to tackle big issues in Springfield|date=January 5, 2011|newspaper=MyWebTimes.com |access-date=April 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054152/http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=421412 |archive-date=July 24, 2011|url-status=dead }} On December 10, 2010, Gary G. Dahl resigned from the Illinois Senate. The Legislative Committee of the Republican Party of the 38th District chose Rezin to fill the vacancy created by Dahl's resignation. Rezin was sworn into office on December 14, 2010.{{cite journal|editor-last=Rock|editor-first=Jillayne (Secretary of the Senate)|title=Certification of Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Legislative or Representative District Office|journal=Senate Journal|volume=96|number=140|date=January 4, 2011|publisher=Illinois|access-date=October 6, 2023|url=https://www.ilga.gov/Senate/journals/96/2011/SJ096140R.pdf}} As no one can serve in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly, the Republican Representative Committee of the 75th Representative District appointed Pam Roth, the president of the Saratoga School Board, to serve in the 97th General Assembly in lieu of Rezin.{{cite journal|last=Mahoney|first=Mark (Clerk of the House)|title=Resignation|date=January 12, 2011|journal=House Journal|publisher=Illinois House of Representatives|volume=97|number=1|pages=8–11|access-date=October 7, 2023|url=https://www.ilga.gov/House/journals/97/2011/HJ097001R.pdf}}
In 2015, she was appointed assistant leader in the Senate GOP Caucus. In 2021, Rezin was appointed Deputy Leader of the Senate GOP caucus. Rezin currently serves on the following committees: Early Childhood Education (Minority Spokesperson); Education; Energy and Public Utilities; Executive; Health and Human Services; Procurement; EX Consolidation; Tobacco; EX Special Issues.{{Cite web|title=Illinois General Assembly - Senator Biography|url=https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=102&MemberID=2830|access-date=2021-06-09|website=ilga.gov}}
Other work
On a national level, Senator Rezin is an active member of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), which is a bipartisan organization that brings legislators and staff from across the county together to collaborate and share information to help craft the best solutions to problems states face. Senator Rezin currently serves on NCSL’s 63-member Executive Committee{{Cite web|title=2021 Spring EC Meeting|url=https://www.ncsl.org/aboutus/executive-committee/2021-spring-ec-meeting.aspx|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.ncsl.org}} and Task Force on Energy Supply.{{Cite web|title=Task Force on Energy Supply|url=https://www.ncsl.org/ncsl-in-dc/task-forces/task-force-on-energy-supply.aspx|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.ncsl.org}} Rezin also serves on the board of directors for the National Foundation for Women Legislators.{{Cite web|date=2016-02-18|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.womenlegislators.org/about/board/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=National Foundation for Women Legislators {{!}} WomenLegislators.org|language=en}}
2020 Congressional campaign
On July 9, 2019, Rezin announced that she would be a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the 14th congressional district in 2020 — even though a resident of the 16th — and planned on unseating first-term incumbent Democrat Lauren Underwood.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/07/10/state-sen-sue-rezin-will-run-for-congress-in-underwoods-district/axr4yy5/ |title=State Sen. Sue Rezin will run for Congress in Underwood's district | Kane County Chronicle |access-date=2020-03-18 |archive-date=2020-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318210147/https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/07/10/state-sen-sue-rezin-will-run-for-congress-in-underwoods-district/axr4yy5/ |url-status=dead }} She was narrowly defeated in the March 2020 Republican primary by fellow state Senator Jim Oberweis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/7-candidates-in-14th-district-gop-primary-to-challenge-rep-lauren-underwood/2238283/|title = Oberweis Wins 14th District GOP Primary to Challenge Rep. Lauren Underwood}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2010 Illinois House of Representatives District 75 General Election{{cite web |title=Sue Rezin |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sue_Rezin}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Sue Rezin
| votes = 23454
| percentage = 56.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Democratic Party
| candidate = Careen M. Gordon
| votes = 17876
| percentage = 43.25
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 41330
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2012 Illinois State Senate District 38 General Election{{cite web |title=Sue Rezin |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sue_Rezin}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Sue Rezin
| votes = 23454
| percentage = 56.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Democratic Party
| candidate = Careen M. Gordon
| votes = 17876
| percentage = 43.25
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 41330
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2016 Illinois State Senate District 38 General Election {{cite web |title=Sue Rezin |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sue_Rezin}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Sue Rezin
| votes = 55848
| percentage = 57.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Democratic Party
| candidate = Christine Benson
| votes = 40586
| percentage = 42.09
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 96434
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2018 Illinois State Senate District 38 General Election {{cite web |title=Sue Rezin |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sue_Rezin}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Sue Rezin
| votes = 47977
| percentage = 59.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Democratic Party
| candidate = Christine Benson
| votes = 32799
| percentage = 40.6
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 80776
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2022 Illinois State Senate District 38 General Election {{cite web |title=Sue Rezin |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sue_Rezin}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Sue Rezin
| votes = 59006
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 59006
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.senatorrezin.com/ Official site]
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Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:Augustana College (Illinois) alumni
Category:Republican Party Illinois state senators
Category:People from Morris, Illinois
Category:Women state legislators in Illinois
Category:21st-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
Category:People from Henry County, Illinois
Category:Candidates in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections